The Gadfly had a nice, interesting article set on the great job the City of Southfield, Michigan is doing to overcome blight by actively buying (RAMADA- Downtown Development Authority bought it) or attempting to put problem Building Owners on notice of Issues (HOLIDAY RESORT HOTEL/ "MICHIGAN INN").
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| Old Holiday Inn on Telegraph Road |
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| Ramada Inn/Southfield Inn Sign |
However, when questions about the Demolition and Asbestos extraction & removal came up for the OLD RAMADA INN on Monday, July 1st, a City Representative who I have been talking to for a week stopped giving me information. I was told to talk to the Official in charge of the Ramada site (which was different then the week before). I was not allowed to put a FOIA in per her wanting me to talk to this Official.
One of our
Investigators called and got no information today (July 2nd). I went down to talk to this Official. "NO COMMENT" after asking for a simple comment on the article. This sparked my curiosity. As in our
PI SCHOOL classes, we taught how to get information from governmental agencies. I guess we have to treat this article as real PI case.
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| Southfield FOIA REQUEST FORM |
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| Southfield City Clerks Office. All FOIA's go through here |
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Thus we started today an official Investigation into this Building and what is the status of any and all issues. Went to the City Treasurer too. In this series of articles you will learn how to collect information from Public Sources.
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| Southfield City Tax Department |
Stay tuned for upcoming articles and more on this series on Abandoned buildings! Thanks for reading!
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